The Chinese or Lunar New Year is celebrated this year on February 17. In preparation for the New Year’s celebrations, Asian markets are usually full of specialty produce used to make delicious dishes. But the recent freeze that reached all the way down into central Florida has cut supplies of the popular vegetables short this year. Growers can do some frost protection using sprinklers but too much is bad for vegetables because it waterlogs the soil, according to this article in Fresh Plaza. There is irrigation water available from aquifers in spite of the drought, but growers are wary of using too much because more frost protection may be needed later this spring.
